David J Gibson

Image of author sitting at table with his books.

Here I am settled in to @barnesandnoble Galleria #SaintLouis ready to sign books and meet you from 11 to 2 pm.

It’s raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.📚

Image showing the cover of two books: Planting Clues and Elite Memories.

I'll be signing copies of two of my biology books tomorrow 11-2, in the Galleria @barnesandnoble.com #bookstore in #SaintLouis.

Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers.

#IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk

Great! I hope you enjoy reading it.
#forensics #botany #truecrime

Authors - how excited do you get when your book is published?

I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'.

It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95.
a.co/d/0N3Zoyt
#truecrime #forensics #botany

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

The value of long-term vegetation studies and keeping old datasets.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Excited that our paper has just been accepted.

Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton.

Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs

@pdiejournal.bsky.social
#professionaldevelopment

Front and back cover of the novel Elite Memories showing a dog, coyote, bobcat, and an eagle facing the reader.

Beautiful. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to have your mind transferred into a coyote (bobcat, dog, wolf, or eagle), consider my sci-fi novel Elite Memories.
books2read.com/EliteMemories

Small world!

Routledge Handbook of Grasslands This comprehensive handbook represents a definitive state of the art overview of grasslands from multiple, interdisciplinary and global perspectives. Despite the real and intrinsic values that grassla...

Publication alert!

Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount.

Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters.
#grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems

www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

How far do *𝐲𝐨𝐮* have to scroll down to find 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 in this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy bookfunnel indie book promo? Try it!

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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

This...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

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Thanks, please fill out the form at the link. But, this is not a paid opportunity.

International Biological Flora: Tsuga canadensis* Eastern Hemlock is a long-lived forest tree of eastern North America known for its deep shade and home given to many organisms. Despite surviving large-scale clearing for agriculture when Europeans a...

I’m a biased plant nerd, but I love the @journalofecology.bsky.social International Biological Flora accounts. Reading them is like meeting a new friend.

Hello Eastern Hemlock.

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Beta reader opportunity still open! My WIP draft novella is ~35K words)
#quickread
#readershelpingreaders
#indieauthors
#sciencefiction
#dystopia

Please fill out the form to apply.

(Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')

Image showing Barnes and Noble bookstore availability for Planting Clues

Image showing Barnes and Noble bookstore availability for Elite Memories

My books are in a brick-and-mortar bookstore!
#SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction

Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria
@barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup.

stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…

Barrier Islands are important.
#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands

Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.

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Cover of Elite Memories showing a border collie dog with a wolf and bobcat to each side, facing front. City scape in foreground.

Book cover draft for Shanya's Saga showing a young woman looking to her left. A dark cityscape to her right, and a brightly lit sunset with the silhouette of a young man to her left.

Beta readers needed!

*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.

Apply 👇
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(Unpaid opportunity)

Estimating the predictability of questionable open-access journals AI screening of journals identifies over a thousand questionable journals, helping experts review where it is needed most.

So what are the "1437 likely questionable open-access journals"?

I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grassland ecologists...take a look at the amazing work of fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin.

shinheechin.com/grassland/

That's great to hear! I hope all your family enjoy it. (Amazon or Goodreads review when you're done?)

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I'm working on my end-of-summer newsletter. It will have all my latest writing news. 😀🎉✍️📖

Please sign up at davidjgibson.com if you'd like to get a copy of my newsletter. (or DM me directly and I'll add you to the list).

I know what you mean. We need a holiday after our holiday was more stressful than being at home.

It's still got legs!

I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon.

Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️‍♂️🔬📖🌱

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Latest royalties statement from @oxunipress.bsky.social ... Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes is now my best-selling book, edging out Grasses and Grassland Ecology.

academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime
academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands

(not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣

Another great review of Elite Memories has come in!

You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite…

Reviews inspire authors!

Post mushroom trial, experts suggest changes to location sharing on iNaturalist Experts are weighing up whether to continue posting the locations of poisonous mushrooms on public databases like iNaturalist in the wake of the Erin Patterson trial.

There is some discussion about this issue... www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Mushroom killer: How 'super sleuth' Erin Patterson became true crime obsession A jury found Erin Patterson guilty on all charges - but the frenzy of speculation has only intensified.

This case continues to surprise.

The perp was a #TrueCrime sleuth. I’ll for sure include it in future Planting Clues presentations.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Chilling use of @inaturalist.bsky.social by the perp to locate death cap mushrooms.

Should the exact location of toxic fungi be obscured on iNaturalist to avoid this sort of thing?

EM and I enjoyed today the magnificent display of Naturalist Notebooks at @linneansociety.bsky.social in London

Key Concepts in Ecology: Adaptations to variable environments This blog post on ‘Adaptations to variable environments’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the f…

Excited to see one of our papers (Johnson et al 2022) included in the @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social blog Key Concepts post on adaptations to variable envs by @natesaunders.bsky.social

methodsblog.com/2024/01/17/i...